From 9f82590f231ecab383fa9f91345f9cf4a185338a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor <156220764+victhorbi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 12:00:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update discourse.ts

urlencode was only applied to "topicName" causing an issue. Final URL was partially urlencoded, which is wrong.
Removed urlencoding hence unnecessary.
---
 apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
index 52f0d959..a03d1ba7 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const validateDiscourseTopicExists = async (topicName: string, delay: num
           return;
         }
 
-        const url = `${discourseBaseUrl}${encodeURIComponent(topicName)}`;
+        const url = `${discourseBaseUrl}${topicName}`;
 
         const response = await fetch(url, {
           method: "HEAD",

From c4a3685960892edd1abccb99f6aafb9c78e2f8c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor <156220764+victhorbi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:45:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update discourse.ts

as suggested by Copilot
---
 apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
index a03d1ba7..3f1639ed 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const getDiscourseTopicUrl = (url: string): string => {
   return url.replace(discourseBaseUrl, "").replace(/^\//, "");
 };
 
-export const validateDiscourseTopicExists = async (topicName: string, delay: number = 500): Promise<boolean> => {
+export const validateDiscourseTopicExists = async (topic: string, delay: number = 500): Promise<boolean> => {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     if (debounceTimer) {
       clearTimeout(debounceTimer);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const validateDiscourseTopicExists = async (topicName: string, delay: num
           return;
         }
 
-        const url = `${discourseBaseUrl}${topicName}`;
+        const url = getFullDiscourseUrl(topicName);
 
         const response = await fetch(url, {
           method: "HEAD",

From afebe968ac04b10595e320ad35b578c4d1712dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor <156220764+victhorbi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:46:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update discourse.ts

---
 apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
index 3f1639ed..7f641f9d 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const validateDiscourseTopicExists = async (topic: string, delay: number
           return;
         }
 
-        const url = getFullDiscourseUrl(topicName);
+        const url = getFullDiscourseUrl(topic);
 
         const response = await fetch(url, {
           method: "HEAD",

From b3ec36d871fcdcf26f56aaa5057c2b9ccce5e27c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor <156220764+victhorbi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 19:00:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update discourse.ts

---
 apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
index 7f641f9d..cd5b54a1 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/utils/discourse.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const validateDiscourseTopicExists = async (topic: string, delay: number
 
     debounceTimer = window.setTimeout(async () => {
       try {
-        if (!topicName.trim()) {
+        if (!topic.trim()) {
           resolve(false);
           return;
         }